People laugh at him because of the slapstick that his Bonds turned into, but his early Bonds were really really good, and he was always fantastic as the Saint. Hell you could watch that TV series today, and enjoy it.

People laugh at him because of the slapstick that his Bonds turned into, but his early Bonds were really really good, and he was always fantastic as the Saint. Hell you could watch that TV series today, and enjoy it.

The Saint was a revelation to me when I stumbled across it. He was so good, I understood why he was more than qualified to get Bond, and wish his Bond had been allowed to be/stay more like that earlier work. There was also a film called Ffolkes (apparently "North Sea Hijack" in the UK) which I enjoyed him in as well. It may have been an average flick, but he was memorable enough in it that it still comes to mind 35+ years later when I think of him.

Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail

Aww, I keep forgetting this happened and then stumbling over reminders. It sucks, he was pretty much my favorite Bond overall. My absolute fave was Brosnan in GoldenEye, but in terms of number of movies liked, definitely Moore.

The ridiculousness of it never really got to me too much...The first Bond I saw was Diamonds Are Forever, and I remember the scene where he beats a guy to death in an elevator, and swaps ID with him. The lift stops and the Femmy Fataley searches him for it, finds it, and exclaims 'Do you know who you killed? You killed James Bond!' I remember wondering, "Heeeeyyy, isn't he supposed to be a *secret* agent? How does SHE know which way they're going?!" I was never fussed about Connery Bond (heresy or not) so I didn't watch any more, but when I got into the Moore ones my mindset was that shit like battling steel-toothed giants in space or stopping Christopher Walken from blowing up Silicon Valley or getting alerted that his contact in India is there when he clues Bond in by PLAYING HIS FUCKING THEME MUSIC was just par for the course, and got along with it fine.

I didn't even realize until I saw GoldenEye and felt like Brosnan and Seen Been could actually kick your ass, maybe, that I realized that the earlier ones were a bit unecessarily goofy. Still my favs, though.

R.I.P. :(

"They started to resist with a crust that was welded with human brain and willpower."